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Question For grade 2 braille readers (self.Blind)
submitted by SmileAndLaughrica
Hi all. I'm sighted, curious about Braille as a language, and apologies if this is a bit of a stupid question! Hope this is all okay anyways.
I was wondering if when writing on computers/phones something not intended to be printed in Braille, you ever on purpose or accidentally use shortforms. I kind of feel like if I knew a bunch of abbreviations for words I'd use them all the time, probably without meaning to.
Also, are there any shortforms or signs you get confused with, or you did when you were learning? Like simple misreadings and things like that.
Thank you!
I was wondering if when writing on computers/phones something not intended to be printed in Braille, you ever on purpose or accidentally use shortforms. I kind of feel like if I knew a bunch of abbreviations for words I'd use them all the time, probably without meaning to.
Also, are there any shortforms or signs you get confused with, or you did when you were learning? Like simple misreadings and things like that.
Thank you!
cae_jones 1 points 5y ago
I generally type on my phone using Braille Screen Input, which supports Grade2, so it's not a problem there. The more common problem with BSI is dots not registering (the word "problem" in this comment initially came out "promany". It's mostly dot3 that fails, so y's will become th's, and "un" becomes "children").
When typing on a qwerty keyboard, I don't remember accidentally using contractions... if I ever did, it would have been "accordingly" or "immediately". Now that I think of it, I think I have typed "immediately" as "immly" at least once by mistake. Mostly, my typoes consist of "ht" instead of "th", "ot" instead of "to" but only when it's the word "to", and capitalizing both the first and second letters of a sentence. Weirdly, these never combine; I typo "hte" and "THe" often, but don't remember ever entering "HTe".
When typing on a qwerty keyboard, I don't remember accidentally using contractions... if I ever did, it would have been "accordingly" or "immediately". Now that I think of it, I think I have typed "immediately" as "immly" at least once by mistake. Mostly, my typoes consist of "ht" instead of "th", "ot" instead of "to" but only when it's the word "to", and capitalizing both the first and second letters of a sentence. Weirdly, these never combine; I typo "hte" and "THe" often, but don't remember ever entering "HTe".
SmileAndLaughrica [OP] 1 points 5y ago
That’s really interesting, thank you!
Looking at the contractions some of them I feel I’d use a the time lol. I use abbreviations when note taking all the time during class.
Do you often buy Braille books? I looked online for some but most of them seemed to be kids books. I could find the Bible and “how to read Braille” books, but not much else. Or do you prefer audiobooks?
How hard is it to remember all the contractions?
Looking at the contractions some of them I feel I’d use a the time lol. I use abbreviations when note taking all the time during class.
Do you often buy Braille books? I looked online for some but most of them seemed to be kids books. I could find the Bible and “how to read Braille” books, but not much else. Or do you prefer audiobooks?
How hard is it to remember all the contractions?
cae_jones 1 points 5y ago
I don't read Braille books so often, only because they're so hard to obtain. The US has the National Library Service to enable blind people to get Braille books, but a lot of the books I've wanted are either so long as to take up a shelf or two in Braille, or they're the sorts of nonfiction that isn't readily availible (I had to use a different Calculus book from everyone else in school because it was the closest thing availible in Braille, we had to spend absurd amounts of money to get college textbooks embossed, and those had to be imported from Canad).
That said, I generally do prefer Braille, when possible.
I don't have any trouble remembering contractions, but I've been reading Braille since my first year of school.
That said, I generally do prefer Braille, when possible.
I don't have any trouble remembering contractions, but I've been reading Braille since my first year of school.
SmileAndLaughrica [OP] 1 points 5y ago
Yeah I saw that the Bible was in like, 17 volumes...
Do you get headaches when you read for a long time? I've also read somewhere that Braille readers can get numb fingers if they read for a long time, is that true for you?
Do you know any Grade 3?
Sorry for all these questions, I'm just very curious! Thanks again :)
Do you get headaches when you read for a long time? I've also read somewhere that Braille readers can get numb fingers if they read for a long time, is that true for you?
Do you know any Grade 3?
Sorry for all these questions, I'm just very curious! Thanks again :)
KillerLag 1 points 5y ago
One of my instructors, when I was training to be an O&M instructor, had a tendency to write in grade 2 braille, with her pen when marking. We could usually decipher it in context, but sometimes we had to have a rehab student help us interpret.
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